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Student Government to conduct fee services satisfaction student survey.

Sagar SaneStaff Writer

Student Government will conduct an online survey on Friday and Sat-urday to help gather student reactions regarding University fees.

“This survey, known as the Fee Services Satisfaction Survey, will help us to measure the student level of satisfaction against the current fee increase,” said Stephen Kouba, Student Senate president. “We mainly aim to judge the level of satisfaction among the students.”

Until last year, if a department re-quested a fee increase, the survey was done on a fixed basis.

“We used to ask the students if they wanted the full fee increase, half fee increase or no increase at all,” said Kouba. “For example, if the Student Health Center requested to increase the fees by $10, then our questions to the students were: Do you want $10 increase, $5 increase or no increase at all?

“But now, we are planning to take all the student recommendations and use those to offer a comprehensive plan to the University fee committee,” Kouba said.

Patrick Devore, chair of the Student Senate Tuition and Fees Committee, said this survey mainly aims at tuition, as well as the fee increases pertaining to: athletics, transportation, student centers operations, student health services, student legal services and campus recreation services.

“There will be approximately three questions per department, which will generally ask for students opinions on the fee increase. They will be yes-no type questions and no long answers,” Devore said.

“The survey will be held from Friday at 12:01 a.m. until Saturday at 11:59 p.m. this week,” Kouba said.

The survey is available for all stu-dents at http://vote.ncsu.edu.

Kouba said that after the survey clos-es, recommendations will be made to the University Fee Committee based on the student survey responses.

Kouba urged all the students to vote during the survey period.

“Please do vote. Students will be able to express their concerns through this survey. The more students vote, the more data we can gather, and a better recommendation can be formulated from this,” he said.

Kanak Lagu, first year master’s stu-dent in computer science, said that the voting system will really help, espe-cially for international students.

“I personally think having such a voting campaign is a great opportu-nity for international students like me,” said Lagu. “We have to pay quite a lot for tuition and other fees, so we get a good opportunity to express our opinions through such voting and have the guarantee that our concerns will be heard.”

Marshals work to prevent fires

alex sanchez/TechnicianMichael Sigafoos, a freshman in engineering, Aaron Picart, a freshman in graphic design, and Chris Harris, a freshman in industrial design, wait in line for tickets to the Virginia Tech football game Sept. 29. The group, which included Steven Corley, a freshman in physics, and Will Mars, a freshman in industrial design, camped out to be first in line. “It’s been a long time since State went 4-0, and coming in as a freshman it’s a big deal,” Picart said. “You don’t want to miss out on this opportunity.”

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Event part of plan to make the state a leader in biomass production.

Shivalik DagaStaff Writer

The 2010 Bioenergy Field Day, an event featuring presentations by sev-eral N.C. State faculty, occurs today at the Oxford Tobacco Research Station and Biofuels Center in Oxford.

The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS), Biofuels Center of North Carolina and the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services are sponsoring the event.

Event registration starts at noon and speeches will begin an hour later. Roger Crickenberger, special projects manager at CALS, will kick off the event by introducing the speakers. This will be followed by six presen-tations on bioenergy-related issues, including discussions on biodiesel production and studies on cellulosic

material.Field demonstrations will be carried

out in the evening. Demonstrations include biomass pelleting and sor-ghum harvest and squeezing.

Matthew Veal, assistant profes-sor and extension specialist in the Department of Bio-logical and Agricul-tural Engineering, will be speaking on the “State of N.C. State University” Bioenergy Research Program.

Veal said that the event will be useful for students, in-dustry and farmers alike.

“I would say that the highest-pri-ority plan is to make sure that North Carolina is well-positioned to become the leading biomass producer in the Southeast,” Veal said.

“CALS is helping make that a reality by educating farmers on energy crops, providing indus-trial partners with the technol-ogy to convert the biomass into

useful fuels, and developing out-reach activities that engages the public so they understand the potentia l and importance of renewable fuels.”

Veal said that as a land-grant university, one of N.C. State’s pr imar y mis-sions is transfer-ring technology and educating

agricultural stakeholders about markets, sustainable crop produc-

“We are starting

to see many

early adopters

produce their own

energy by making

biodiesel....”Matthew Veal, assistant professor

Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering

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Fire marshals oversee a variety of programs that decrease the risk of fires on campus.

Allison SaitoStaff Writer

The Office of the University Fire Marshal works to prevent fires on campus and to ensure that the Uni-versity is prepared in the event of a fire. The office consists of one fire marshal, five deputy fire marshals and one safety technician.

University Fire Marshal Bill Ste-venson described the purpose of his office is multifold.

“The biggest job is to ensure a location is safe from the perils of fire [and] that the danger to people and property is minimal,” Steven-son said.

Stevenson explained that he tries to hire people who will put students and faculty first.

“If we don’t put the students’ welfare and safety first, who would come here?” Stevenson said.

Stevenson recognized that stu-dent cooperation enabled the fire marshals to ensure safety on cam-pus.

“I really want to give our students a lot of credit. At N.C. State, they really realize the seriousness of this,” Stevenson said.

Jon Brann, a deputy fire marshal, explained how the fire marshal’s office differs from a fire depart-ment.

“With the municipal depart-ment, you only deal with people at the worst. At the University, it is more of a preventive measure than the suppression and response aspect,” Brann said.

Stevenson has a varied back-ground in firefighting.

“I’ve been certified in fire and EMS [emergency medical services] for 40 years. I’ve been associated with it since I was 6. I got officially in the business at 15,” Stevenson said. “I came here February of 2004.”

Melvin’s, East Village lead campaign to inform students of ability to link AllCampus cards with Wachovia accounts.

Joshua ChappellStaff Writer

For several business owners on Hill-sborough Street, the ability to link AllCampus cards to a Wachovia debit account not only means increased rev-enue for the businesses, but increased convenience and variety for students.

Melvin’s owner Alan Lovett and East Village Grill & Bar manager Jo Smith are leading a marketing effort called Pack Plastic to inform more students that their AllCampus cards can be linked to a Wachovia debit account.

According to Lovett, Pack Plastic is a program to increase awareness among students and faculty that the AllCam-pus card – something that every stu-dent and faculty member has – can be used as a debit card.

This, according to Lovett and Smith, is the key to increasing student pres-ence and improving the overall atmo-sphere on the campus’s north border.

“I have worked on this street for 14 years, and I think this is probably the biggest thing that will help us be linked to N.C. State,” said Smith.

Every day, many students swipe

their AllCampus cards at various dining halls, Port City Java, Taco Bell Express and other on-campus, University Dining-operated venues.

Director of University Dining Ran-dy Lait said that every year, students and merchants come to him and try to get off-campus merchants put on

the AllCampus card. “Every year, I tell them that we can-

not,” Lait said.According to Lait, the University

is not legally able to transfer student monies from an on-campus account to an off-campus third party.

“The attorney general of North

Carolina made a ruling that said it is not appropriate for a univer-sity to take deposits and transfer them to a third party on behalf of the student; because that action essentially makes the university a bank,” said Lait.

For some merchants on Hills-borough Street, this ruling does not mean that there is still no way for merchants to reach out to stu-dents. They also believe that reach-ing out to students will help their businesses.

“The idea that [the merchants] could not be a part of what stu-dents were buying was holding Hillsborough Street business back,” said Lovett.

This led Lovett, along with some other business owners on the

Kimberly rochesTer/TechnicianSitting in Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches on Hillsborough Street, Amanada etheridge, a senior in fashion and textile management, and Will Hughes, a junior in bioprocessing science, enjoy their lunch. Melvin’s Hamburgers, I Heart New York Pizza, and Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches accept AllCampus Cards linked with Wachovia accounts. “I have AllCampus, but I didn’t know it works on Hillsborough,” Hughes said.

important information:• To use this, AllCampus card

must be linked to a Wachovia bank account.

• This is a marketing campaign lead by Melvin’s owner Alan Lovett and East Village Bar & Grill manager Jo Smith

• Website: ncsupackplastic.com

source: alan loveTT, owner of melvin’s

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Making a sale, Lawrence Lee, a junior in chemical engineering, collects money for the Korean Conversation Club. “We are raising money for our spring trip to Atlanta, Georgia, where we will visit a Korean town so club members can feel the culture,” Lee said. The goal of the club is to promote a Korean foreign language class at State. “UNC

and Duke both offer it, what about us?”

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TodayTUITION REVIEW ADVISORY COMMITTEE7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.Talley Ballroom

UNDERGRADUATE ON-CAMPUS TRANSFERS INFORMATION SESSION9 a.m. to 10 a.m.2403 Nelson Hall

DELIVERING VIDEO AND AUDIO ONLINENoon to 1 p.m.ITTC Labs 1A and 1B, D.H. Hill Library

2010 MOLECULAR BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.Room 2, McKimmon Center

CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT3 p.m. to 5 p.m.Room 230, Research Building III

MARK RICHARD LECTURE IN PHILOSOPHY4:30 p.m.Withers Hall

CAMPUS TOWN HALL ON TUITION7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.Talley Ballroom

MOVIE: BABIES7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.Witherspoon Cinema

UNIVERSITY THEATRE PRESENTS TWELFTH NIGHT7:30 p.m.Thompson Theatre

MOVIE: TOY STORY 39:30 p.m. to 11:15 p.m.Witherspoon Cinema

POLICE BLOTTERSept. 2512:35 A.M. | SUSPICIOUS INCIDENTFraternity Court Student reported group of suspicious subjects. Upon officers arrival group dispersed.

2:20 A.M. | CHECK PERSON NCSU Bookstore Officer stopped and spoke with student riding bicycle without headlight. Student was advised of law and permitted to continue. 1:34 P.M. | SPECIAL EVENTMcKimmon Center Officer monitored crowds at PETA meeting. No problems. 11:42 P.M. | SUSPICIOUS PERSONGorman Street/Sullivan Drive

Officer observed non-student riding bicycle without headlight. Subject was advised of the law and permitted to continue. 2:35 P.M. | INFORMATION - UNIVERSITYOff Campus Student advised Raleigh Police Department had been contacted after seeing subject with 50-C on property. Raleigh Police Department took report reference violation of restraining order. 7:05 P.M. | CHECK PERSONEquine Facility Officer observed non-student at facility. Subject complied to leave the area. 9:29 P.M. | DOMESTIC ASSAULTWolf Village Report of student assaulted by non-student. EMS responded but student refused transport. Subject left scene prior to officer’s arrival. Warrant for Assault on a Female was obtained. Appropriate personnel notified.

Sept. 2411;35 A.M. | SUSPICIOUS PERSONHillsborough Building Annex Officers interviewed non-student loitering in the area. All file

checks were negative. Subject complied to leave the area.

12:10 A.M. | DAMAGE TO PROPERTYLee Lot Two students were seen damaging vehicles in lot. First student was referred to University for Damage to Property, Providing False Information and Disorderly Conduct. Second student was arrested for Damage to Property, Drunk & Disruptive and referred to the University for same.

3:07 A.M. | ASSIST ANOTHER AGENCYOff Campus Student was referred to the University for Disorderly Conduct and Welfare Referral for being highly intoxicated.

8:35 A.M. | DAMAGE TO PROPERTYD.H. Hill Library Staff member reported vinyl enclosure missing. Enclosure was located but had been damaged.

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Robyn Dawson is one of the deputy fire marshals. She has worked at N.C. State for one year, which follows 10 years of experience in firefighting.

“I was a firefighter for Apex for 10 years before that,” Daw-son said.

Dawson has worked with several programs, includ-ing public education, AEDs (au-tomatic external defibrilla-tors) and evacuation programs.

“Public education is one of my favorite things. I’m a certified educator. I like in-teracting with other people and teaching,” Dawson said.

Brann also has previous ex-perience in firefighting. After working as a firefighter for 14 years, he began working for the University in 2007. Brann works with the fire extin-

guisher program and checks that new or renovated build-ings follow fire and safety codes.

“I oversee plans for new buildings and renovations to existing buildings,” Brann said. “I’m part of the team that makes sure the plans follow all applicable [fire] codes.”

The Office of the University Fire Marshal is also respon-

sible for fire alarms and sprinkler systems in University buildings. Dave Mich-niuk, a dep-uty fire mar-shal, oversees those pro-grams.

“I ensure that all of the

fire and life safety systems are working. We test them exten-sively,” Michniuk said.

M ic h n iu k pre v iou s ly worked in the armed forces and for a big-city fire depart-ment.

“[I] started while in the Navy. I was a flight deck fire-fighter and crash crew man on the U.S.S. Kitty Hawk, an

aircraft carrier,” Michniuk said. “I am currently retired from the Chicago Fire De-partment.”

George Keith, Weston Mc-Corkle and John Saylor also work for the Office of the University Fire Marshal, but they were unavailable for comment. George Keith is a safety technician, and Mc-Corkle and Saylor are deputy fire marshals.

According to Stevenson, Saylor has worked with N.C. State for three years and has been in fire service for approx-imately 30 years; McCorkle is an N.C. State graduate and has worked for the University for 15 years. He entered fire ser-vice three years ago.

north border of campus, to start new marketing venture called Pack Plastic.

“Pack Plastic is an effort to make students aware that they can use their AllCampus cards as long as they are linked to a Wachovia debit account,” said Lovett.

According to Lovett, the process is not only simple, but also benefits students and merchants.

Lovett said that since students al-ready carry an AllCampus card all

the time, then this program would make it easier on them because they would not have to keep up with an additional debit card.

“Not only can this card get you into your dorm or the gym, but it can also buy you a meal at a restau-rant, or gas at a convenience store,” Lovett said. He also said this would also increase students’ opportunities for late-night food.

Although this program can be beneficial to students who bank with Wachovia, other students receive no benefits. Alton Russell, a freshman in biomedical engineering, said that the benefits of the program are not enough for him to switch banks.

“All of my banking is through an-other company,” Russell said, “and I do not think the benefits are enough to warrant switching banks. Perhaps administration should look into cre-ating such a partnership with other leading banks.”

Regardless of the AllCampus debit card program, Lovett thinks that increased student business on Hillsborough Street is the key to the livelihood of the historic district.

“If students want to Hillsborough Street to be a part of their commu-nity, it is time for us to make some changes,” Lovett said.

Western Carolina University shutters paper amid plagiarism allegations.

Chelsey FrancisDeputy News Editor

Western Carolina Univer-sity suspended operations at the Western Carolinian, the school’s student-produced bi-monthly newspaper, from Fri-day until Wednesday morning because of plagiarism accusa-tions.

The newspaper staff was not given an actual reason for the suspension, but the paper was recently accused of plagiarizing the local newspaper, The Sylva Herald. According to the Justin Caudell, editor-in-chief of the Western Carolinian, rumors have been spreading about the accusations.

“A lot of things have been said about the suspension,” Caudell said. “We’re trying to find out what rumors are being said.”

The plagiarism is being in-vestigated by the University.

“There were accusations,” Caudell said. “We’re being investigated right now, but

we’re going to still be allowed to publish.”

According to Bill Studenc, the senior director of news services, the investigation is internal and being conducted by Student Affairs at Western Carolina University.

“An interim suspension of the Western Carolinian’s ac-tivities was imposed, pursuant to WCU’s policies regarding student organizations, on the afternoon of Friday, Sept. 24,” Studenc said.

“The action was part of an in-ternal investigation by Student Affairs personnel into allega-tions that portions of articles in a previous edition of the Western Carolinian had been plagiarized from a local weekly newspaper, The Sylva Herald.”

Katherine Smith, the advi-sor for the Western Carolin-ian, said she is not allowed to speak to the press about the allegations.

“I would love to comment, but WCU policy requires all media inquires be directed to public relations,” Smith said.

Fortunately, according to Caudell, calendar publication of the newspaper was not af-fected.

“We had a paper being dis-tributed on Friday,” Caudell said. “We were also in the mid-dle of getting together articles for the next paper, so we’re not sure how that will affect us, since [Western Carolina] of-ficials could not talk to us.”

Caudell said he’s happy the newspaper has been taken off suspension.

“I’m glad WCU has been re-instated and the suspension of the staff has been lifted,” he said. “But keeping in mind the First Amendment violation, if this happens again, I hope the administration doesn’t jump to suspension again.”

WCU’s student newspaper shut downAmendment 1: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

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“If we don’t put

the students’

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first, who would

come here?”University Fire Marshal Bill

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tion practices and conversion technol-ogies to develop value-added products.

Crickenberger said that the Univer-sity has about a dozen faculty currently performing bioenergy research, along with a number of graduate students across three colleges - CALS, the Col-lege of Natural Resources (CNR) and the College of Engineering (COE).

“Our faculty [members] are sub-mitting grants all the time. These presentations are faculty-designed and will be presented by them,” Cricken-

berger said. “Graduate students who have made major contribution to the presentations will be involved with the faculty during the event. They might even be asked to speak on the topics.”

Veal said that the University’s bioen-ergy awareness efforts are paying off.

“We are starting to see many early adopters produce their own energy by making biodiesel, growing crops for ethanol facilities, or burning biomass instead of coal,” he said.

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Concerning “Student Government” talks ticketing changes, I’m writing to express my frustration at the entire ticketing system. I’m a fifth year senior graduating in December and this is my last football season as a student. I didn’t get a ticket to the last home game nor this one. Where is the loyalty to the students? We have this loyalty points program but it seems it’s only good for getting a free shirt.

And for anyone who thinks that SG has any power to change anything with the Athletics Department, think again. This is my 5th year here as a student and SG has always claimed to be able to influence the Athletic Department with the only results being excuses for failure such as ‘the system will crash if they try and change it this year.’

Mr. Dennis is right in his statement ‘there is no transparency,’ but really? You’re going to say that because the current system started with NCSU not receiving recognition makes it OK to be terrible?

And to Mr. Walsh, yes we do, in a way, pay for these football tickets, to the tune of $600 worth of students fees.

Come on N.C. State, you’re selling out to the fair-weather

fans and leaving us faithfully out in the cold on game day.

Graham Brunssenior, civil engineering

I’m writing this to voice my opinion on the recent debacle that has become student ticketing at N.C. State. As a senior at NCSU, I have only missed three games since arriving in Raleigh. Those three games I missed were the first three games of my freshman year. I missed them due to a job I once worked off campus. Since then I have not missed a single home football game at State. This includes being here for Fall Break games as well as coming back to support the Pack over the Thanksgiving Break games.

Now what is the point of having a “loyalty” point system if it doesn’t reward the kind of loyalty my fellow seniors and myself have shown over the years? For the Cincinnati and now Virginia Tech games I have not been awarded a ticket. However, I see and hear all over campus of freshman and others discussing how they received a ticket. It’s also other students who are just now deciding to make it to the games when our team is on a winning streak that are receiving tickets before I do. What kind of system rewards bandwagon fans before it does those who have cheered

for our team through thick and thin? I remember the lows of the past few years as well as the highs. I have shared in the pains and joys of our football team, and come Saturday I’ll be watching the game from home instead of inside Carter Finley.

What kind of system has been put in place that denies hundreds of seniors a ticket and gives them to underclassmen who have yet paid their dues? If the system isn’t going to reward loyalty, then do not call it by that name. Why award myself and others loyalty points for arriving to games an hour before kickoff if those points amount to nothing but a chance to get a sticker or t-shirt at the end of the season?

Yes, this Saturday is Parents and Families Weekend. More importantly, this weekend marks one of the most crucial games for Wolfpack football in recent years. A win on Saturday will mean a 5-0 (2-0) start to our season. In order to support our team we need those loyal and dedicated students in the student sections, not a bunch of parents who will make our student sections notably quieter. I have complete faith that our team can beat the Hokies on Saturday, but I have lost all faith in NCSU’s ability to run programs using common sense. It seems now that the University cares more about collecting money from the family and guest tickets than it does rewarding dedicated students.

Well done student ticketing.

Brian Coxsenior, Spanish

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The recent succession of Wolfpack football victories has seemed to be a dream come true for fans, however it seems to have translated into a tick-eting nightmare. The recent demand for tickets is caused by the combination of Parents and Families Weekend with a conference game. The Athletics Department claims this is the only weekend to have the Fam-ily Day, but there are things they should have done to make getting tickets easier for stu-dents, despite being on a busy weekend.

The offense is just as good if not better than expected this year. This, combined with a drastically improved defense, has made State a 4-0 force to be reckoned with in the ACC. The Athletic Department, with

Debbie Yow at the helm, was anticipating this success, how-ever they should have consid-ered what would happen when the team won. More people, and even more students, will want to come see the team play, but students should not have to pay with their seats.

One of the main issues is the online ticketing system has been in place since 2004, but hasn’t been updated since. It has been six years and technol-ogy at the “autobahn of inno-vation” has only improved. A trip over to Centennial Cam-pus would have helped the Athletics Department realize this. The computer science and

engineering departments are stocked full of eager, brilliant students who could contribute to a student-friendly design. Since a redesign should be in the future of student ticket-ing, athletics should get on the Wolfline and get the ball roll-ing.

The Athletic Department should have been aware of pol-icies where Student Govern-ment has jurisdiction. Along with other departments, these organizations have a big say in how tickets are distributed, however they are operating in reaction to each other when they should be working to-gether. They need to meet with

each other to clarify policies and rules so they are not step-ping on each other with the students caught in the middle.

There a couple thousand stu-dents who are happy today be-cause they will get to go with their families to the football game, however there are just as many students who are upset. Not all students can get tick-ets, but Athletics should have managed tickets in a more or-ganized and transparent fash-ion. In the future, they should consider the role of the services they provide in students’ lives as fans of their University. No student wants to miss a game because of their own athletics department.

The unsigned editorial is the opinion of the members of Technician’s editorial board, excluding the news department, and is the

responsibility of the editor-in-chief.

Ticketing for the winTHE FACTS:More than 16,000 students requested tickets for 8,000 student seats to Saturday’s football game against Virginia Tech. Approximately 7,000 students secured tickets, and Athletics gave out 1,000 guest tickets from the student section. On Wednesday, students were able to claim 1,500 released tickets.

OUR OPINION:Student are furious about how the tickets were distributed and they should be. Despite being on a busy day, the Athletics Department should have been able to avoid the confusing process of ticket distribution and should not made sure of how to avoid affecting students negatively.

Addressing concerns for student ticketing

First, I would like to thank everyone for the student ticketing feedback that

I have been getting lately. It would be an understatement to say that I’ve been hearing about ticketing just a bit over the past week; however, it is an awesome problem to have. I would like to thank students for the tre-mendous amount of support you have shown our athletics teams this fall. We are cur-rently experiencing high levels of success in each fall sport —

every team has a record of .500 or above. But, I will attempt

to address a few main student-ticketing concerns.Supply vs. demand

Almost 16,000 requests were made for approximately 8,000 seats. No matter what the dis-tribution policy is currently, or would be changed to, we will be turning away almost 50% of those asking for tickets. That in and of itself creates an unenvi-able situation from a customer service perspective. Distribution policy

In reviewing the lottery pro-cess, all was executed as the policy states and the frustration and feedback being expe-r ienc e d i s largely due to supply and demand. Stu-dent Govern-ment in con-junction with Athletics de-veloped the loyalty/se-niority point distribution process. The biggest misconception in this whole process is that seniority is the only component in deter-mining awarded tickets.

The fact is that this hybrid system does not guarantee a seat to any senior, graduate student or frequent attendee. The system merely increases the probability that anyone in this group would receive a ticket. Student Government will be examining changes to improve the ticketing system, however we cannot change these factors mid-season.

Additional seating distribu-tion

The additional seating was offered outside the general stu-dent allotment, over and above

the quantity of tickets approved for students. While any on-site method is not perfect, we were attempting to award almost 2,000 more students with seats.

The positives that go along with that drastically outweigh concerns about a first come, first serve process and as a result, we elected to move for-ward.Money Generating Opportu-nity

Some concerns have been expressed stating that the two guest ticket process is based on financial gain. I would like to reiterate that Parent’s and Families weekend is a campus event.

Athletics offers two guest tickets to accommodate fami-lies that may be partaking in the weekend’s festivities. Knowing the burden this add-ed ticket demand would place on inventory, Athletics cut-off sales for the game to commit almost $65,000 worth of sale-able inventory to students, as well as also incurring costs to erect temporary bleacher seat-ing to get an additional 400 students and parents into the stadium on game day.

I assure you that hosting Parents and Families weekend

du r i ng t he Virginia Tech game would n o t h a v e been the first choice, how-ever our oth-er Saturday home games happen to be Fa l l Brea k, L abor Day and Home-coming.

Increased student seating in the future

The demand and buzz from our student body this season has been spectacular and it has not fallen on deaf ears. We are working with Athletics and looking very seriously at increasing student allotments moving forward and hope that is something you will see in the near future.

Go Pack!

Jeffrey Johnson is the chair of Student Government’s Commis-sion on Athletics and is a senior in business administration.

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“I just transferred, and I’ve been able to get tickets to every game.”

Ben Molthenjunior, business administration

“It is fair, because whoever enters the lottery first gets first dibs on tickets.”

Gabrielle Monteirojunior, psychology

“Probably not, as far as the point system. Everyone should be equal. It should be first come, first served.”

Taylor Locklearsophomore, accounting

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Professor Natasha Olby observed a rare form of a life-threatening disease in an American Staffordshire breed ten years ago, which led to the discovery of the gene connected to the disease this year.

Nasir KhatriStaff Writer

Natasha Olby, associate professor of neu-rology, has been leading efforts over the past ten years to research a canine neuro-degenerative disease that she first identified and classified at the University Veterinary School. The condition is a strain of a family of diseases called Neuronal Ceroid Lipofus-cinoses (NCL) that lead to deterioration of mental and motor skills in both human and animal species.

According to Olby, her research efforts, in conjunction with those of a French mo-lecular biology research group, “have lead to the discovery of the gene which is responsible for this disorder.” Because this gene may be respon-sible for similar neuro-degenerative diseases in humans, the discovery is important for the even-tual cure of NCLS in ca-nines and humans alike.

One of the first cases of NCL Olby encountered was at the Ani-mal Hospital on campus, ten years ago. The American Staffordshire Terrier she observed had decreased levels of coordination, muscle spasms, and clumsiness, which are all typi-cal symptoms of then-unidentified adult-onset canine NCL. After trying to match the symptoms with a diagnosis, she real-ized that this unique disorder had not been previously identified in canines. In 2004, Olby and her fellow University researchers published an article on their discovery of this increasingly prevalent canine disorder in Human Genomics.

What Olby found to be the most interest-ing phenomenon, however, was the preva-lence of this disease within the American

Staffordshire breed. This observation al-lowed her to come to the conclusion that this canine strain of NCL was a genetic disorder, specifically a recessive one.

A recessive genetic disorder, Olby said, is one that shows up in offspring only when both of the recessive alleles are inherited from the parents.

“If only one allele is present, the individual is a carrier of the disorder but, in the case of this disorder, not affected,” Olby said.

After identifying the disease and pub-lishing her research groups’ observations in 2004, Olbys’ lab partnered with Marie Abitbol’s molecular biology research group in France in order to try to find the specific gene responsible for canine NCL.

Just this year, the combined efforts of the two research groups led to a successful and critical discovery. The researchers were able to find the exact gene responsible for this disease in American Staffordshire Terri-ers. The implications for this discovery are

tremendous, according to Olby.

“Preventative medi-cine is the best medicine and that’s exactly what this discovery will make us better at,” Olby said. “We haven’t found a cure but we’ve made genetic testing for this disease possible, which in itself could save millions of potential lives.”

Word of this discovery has reached stu-dents who are interested in this topic or are majoring in a related area, and the response has generally been excitement.

Deah Barakat, a sophomore in business administration, said she didn’t know the depth and reach of the research occuring at the University before her freshman year.

“Coming into NC State, I didn’t know much groundbreaking research took place here but now that I do, I feel even more proud to be part of this University,” Barakat said.

Kaaenaat Mustafa, a junior in business ad-ministration with a minor in biology, said, “the best thing about this research is not only that one of our own researchers was leading this but rather, these findings will

help improve and save the potential lives of millions of dogs and their owners, which is priceless.”

Because the symptoms of NCL do not be-come visible until about three to six years of age, most breeders don’t know if they have bred two affected, carrier, or normal canines Genetic testing made possible through the discovery of this gene, according to Olby, will allow dog owners to be certain of wheth-er or not the dogs they have bred will be afflicted with NCL.

Olby said the next step is to relate the dis-covery of this gene in canines to humans.

“This discovery has implications in terms of human medicine as well because NCL has a form which afflicts people,” Olby said.

According to the National Institutes of Health, the same gene that is responsible for NCL in dogs is also responsible for Kufs disease in adults and Batten’s disease in children. Therefore, just as in the case of dogs, researchers hope that genetic testing will one day be done for humans to bring awareness to people of whether or not they possess this gene so they can be treated earlier for the disease.

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somewhere. It’s [up to] the en-gineer and scientist to think about it as a system.”

“The system has interconnec-tions,” Byrd said. “Where did the electricity come from? If it came from a power plant that was burning soft coal, which is a horrific way to release carbon dioxide, you may be driving up greenhouse gasses faster than if you were driving a gas powered vehicle.”

According to Byrd, it’s the

smart consumer, the smart student, the smart engineer and the smart scientist who stop thinking about things as A or B.

“[We ought to think] what is the net impact of A, what is the net impact of B, which one is better for me as a consumer and the environment,” Byrd said.

According to Fair and De-Luca, the goal is to develop a “smart” power grid, and to use a combination of clean energy options, such as wind, solar, and nuclear to power the PEVs. Some charging sta-tions are equipped with solar

panels, which supplement the power being drawn from the grid. According to Fair, some EVSEs in California are solely powered by solar energy, and as solar technology improves it will be implemented on many future charging stations.

David Audley, a freshman in undeclared engineering, said the electric car station is a good idea but will not be used much for a while.

“You need a lot more people to adopt the electric car and it needs to be cheaper before any-one will really use it,” Audley said.

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University opens Level II electric car charging station

ALEX SANCHEZ/TECHNICIANRaleigh’s first level 2 charging station was installed in front of the E. Carroll Joyner visitor center earlier this month. The station is free to the public, so long as users sign in so that researchers can collect user data.

The Level II Electric Vehicle Service Equipment station on Centennial charges a vehicle in 2 to 4 hours.

Zach DiezelStaff Writer

In the parking lot of the E. Carroll Joyner Visitor Center, a Level II EVSE (Electric Ve-hicle Service Equipment) station is the lat-est example of the University being on the cutting edge of research and development. The EVSE station, in addition to being the first in the Raleigh area, features the latest J1772 interface and is capable of charging a compatible electric car in two to four hours. In mid-November a second part of the Uni-versity research project will arrive-a Ford Freestar Minivan converted to run solely on electricity.

The station is the creation of V. William “Bill” DeLuca, an associate professor in the College of Education’s Department of Math, Science and Technology. According to De-Luca, the goal of the project is to research the use of infrastructure in regards to Plug-in Electric Vehicles (PEVs), and to provide out-reach to the community about the benefits of the new technology.

Funding for the charging station and van came from a Clean Fuel Advanced Technol-ogy (CFAT) grant from the North Carolina Department of Transportation and the North Carolina Solar Center at N.C. State. Accord-ing to Stacy Fair, director of the Joyner Visitor Center, the primary purpose of CFAT is to provide funding for transportation related emission reduction projects in North Caro-lina counties with poor air quality.

“Wake County is one of 24 counties in North Carolina that is considered a non-at-tainment or maintenance county for national ambient air quality standards,” Fair said.

“It’s a chicken-and-the egg type of thing,” DeLuca said. “We want electric vehicles, but we need the charging stations. What comes first, the electric vehicle or the charging sta-tion? We’re trying to build an infrastructure

where there are enough charging stations around the area that people feel comfort-able buying an electric vehicle knowing that there is going to be a fueling station available within their region.”

The charging station located in the E. Car-roll Joyner Visitor Center parking lot was built by ClipperCreek Inc. and features both a level one charging plug and the new Level II plug.

According to Fair, a Level I charging station is simply a regular outlet.

“It delivers a 110/120 volt alternating cur-rent,” Fair said. “There are multiple Level I charging stations everywhere, as long as your extension cord is long enough to hook up to your vehicle.”

The Level II EVSE is almost a two-fold im-provement over the Level I.

According to Fair, “[The Level II EVSE] is 208 or 240 volt VAC… It will charge a vehicle in two to four hours, which is why it’s so im-portant. With Level I, you’re really looking at an overnight charge; whereas Level II you could be in a meeting and charge your ve-hicle and by the time you’re done with your meeting, the car is ready to go to your next location.”

Fair is currently working towards her doc-torate in technology education.

“The connector itself may be the most im-portant piece of the Level II charger,” Fair said.

The J1772 connector was recently certified by the Society of Automotive Engineers, and will be the standard plug on such EVSEs. The charging station does not see many users, other than a handful of Hon-da Prius owners who have modified their cars to hybrid plugin vehicles.

“We do see it being used more fre-quently,” DeLuca said. “We hope it will be used more frequently.”

Caitlin Miller, a sophomore in hor-ticulture, said she doesn’t know anyone who has an electric car.

“If the station is cutting down the time it takes to charge the cars, that’s definitely an improvement,” Miller said. “It will be easier

for people and they will be more likely to buy the cars now.”

The Level II EVSE will be compatible with the soon-to-be-released Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf. The Volt and Leaf will be the first mass-scale production vehicles to feature the Level II interface, according to Fair.

The second phase of the project is to convert a 2006 Ford Freestar minivan to all electric power. This project is currently underway at the Electric Blue Motors Company in Flag-staff Arizona, according to Fair.

“Basically they took out the combustion engine and gasoline tank and are replacing it with a battery pack,” Fair said. “Right where you would normally open the door to put in gas is where you will plug it in.”

Once completed, the van will be used to give tours of campus to small groups and to promote the use of electricity for vehicles. The van is planned to arrive by mid-November.

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• Charging an EC from the wall can take longer than 16 hrs.• Level II home charging docks, such as the one on the University

campus, can charge in two to four hours.• The GE Wattstation, set to arrive next year, provides 100 miles’ worth

of driving after four to eight hours of charging for about $3.• The Chargepoint Level III Fast Charger can fill a battery in 30 minutes or less, but

when they will appear on the market is still to be determined.• The Nissan Home Charging Dock, a Level II charger, can fill the Nissan Leaf’s

24-kilowatt-hour battery in four to eight hours.

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LUIS ZAPATA/TECHNICIANSophomore setter Megan Cyr sets the ball during the match against Boston College in Reynolds Coliseum Friday, Sept. 24, 2010. Cyr had 27 sets and help score 7 points during the game. N.C. State beat Boston College, 3 - 0.

you play a team when they have an active middle,” junior middle hitter Margaret Salata said. “When you play a team that has an active middle, you have to take your attention away from an outside or an opposite, and that leaves more room for Becah, or for [junior outside hitter Luciana Shafer] to get an opportunity for more kills because the block isn’t au-tomatically focused on them. So it completely changes how you play defense against a team and I think that’s helped us a lot this year.”

Cyr has also contributed greatly to the Wolfpack’s de-fense, notching four double-digit dig games on the year.

“She sees the game pretty well,” Bunn said. “So she knows where the ball is going to go. So that helps on defense. As a set-ter she understands the game a little better than some other players who don’t set. So she sees where the ball is going to go and she gets there.”

Cyr and the Pack will host Florida State Friday at 7:00 p.m. and Miami Sunday at 1:00 p.m.

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Tenuta-led trio of linebackers, who have collectively accounted for 12.5 of the team’s 29 tackles for loss. Cole has one of the team’s three interceptions, Manning has recovered two fumbles and forced one, and Irving has also forced a fumble. All three have also

recorded two sacks apiece. This type of play has led to both Cole and Irving winning ACC defensive player of the week awards.

2010 is by no means Tenuta’s first stop in the ACC. He graduated from the University of Virginia as a star de-fensive back for the Cavaliers before he became a coach. His run in the ACC did not stop there, as he was named the defensive coordinator for State’s rival, UNC-Chapel Hill, in 2001.

2001 was one of the Tar Heels best seasons defensively, as Carolina fin-ished the year with the conference’s top-rated defense. Tenuta then moved on after one stellar season with the Heels to Georgia Tech. During his tenure from 2002 to 2007 with the Yellow Jackets, Tenuta helped 18 players earn All-ACC recognition and coached 18 players who were drafted or signed NFL contracts.

Saturday the Pack will be relying

on the defense to continue its success against dual-threat quarterbacks. In the past three weeks, State’s defense has faced Central Florida’s Jeff God-frey, Cincinnati’s Zach Collaros and Georgia Tech’s Joshua Nesbitt, three gunslingers who can run and pass the ball efficiently. But O’Brien said he knows his team will have its hands full against Tyrod Taylor and Vir-ginia Tech.

“For the past three weeks, we have

faced quarterbacks like Tyrod Taylor […] but quite frankly, he is better,” O’Brien said. “At least we’ve coached and understand the type of things that we will have to do against Taylor.”

Tenuta will look to have his line-backers ready Saturday at 3:30 p.m. when the defense will look to help the Pack continue its winning ways in front of a sell-out crowd at Carter-Finley Stadium.

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race, the Wolfpack Invi-tational at the Wake Med Cross Country Course Sept. 17, Hoer posted a 5k course-record time of 17:00.8 and won the women’s race handily, beating her closest competitor by 29.5 seconds.

“I was feeling really good during that race,” Hoer said. “I raced that course in high school a year before and got a minute and a half slower.”

More recently, Hoer re-corded the third-fastest winning time in the 25-year history of the Roy Griak In-vitational in Minneapolis, Minn. last weekend. She completed the 6k course in 20:38.4 and won by 2.4 seconds after outsprint-ing Minnesota’s Stephanie Price down the stretch. She was the first freshman to win the race since 1999.

It was her second colle-giate race and her first ever 6k. Along with fellow State runner Ryan Hill, Hoer was named ACC Cross Country Performer of the Week for

the second time this season.But this isn’t the best Hoer

has to offer. According to Henes, “the sky’s the limit” for the freshman in biological sciences.

“At this level, some people can get to where they love training and they like racing, but not that much,” Henes said. “[Hoer] just loves to race and loves to win. That will get you so far at this level.

“We’ve increased her training volume more than we usually would for a freshman, but left her with a lot of room to grow.”

Even with the success she’s al-ready attained, the smile-ready and level-headed Hoer said she still just wants to be a normal freshman.

“I’m really proud of how I’ve run so far because it was not at all what I thought would happen coming in, needless to say,” Hoer said. “It’s a little overwhelming. I need to keep putting in hard work because I don’t want to have anything happen that would jeopardize our team. I know [Henes] will be careful with all of that.”

Henes said she is focused on keeping Hoer and her other runners in shape but healthy, as one injury can easily derail a promising career. They are

focused on their next race, at NCAA Pre-nationals, which will take place in three weeks in Terre Haute, Ind. ACC Cham-pionships are right afterward, on Oct. 30.

After the season is over, Hoer and her coach will adjust her long-term goals.

“She has really exceeded expectations these first few weeks. It’s early in the season, though, and we want her to be careful,” Henes said. “We want to keep her on an even keel for now because there’s a lot of sea-son left.”

Hoer’s teammate, redshirt se-nior Kara McKenna, said she’s willing to advise Hoer with anything she needs, though she doesn’t think she’ll take her up on the offer.

“I don’t think she really needs much guidance or help or any-thing,” McKenna said. “She’s doing fantastic on her own. In terms of her coming in and fitting in with the team, she’s perfect.”

COUNTDOWN• 2 days until the football team hosts Virginia Tech

INSIDE• Page 7: A continuation of the story about

linebackers coach Jon Tenuta SportsTECHNICIANPAGE 8 • THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Game day is Bright Leaf Hot Dog dayat your Dining Hall!

Remainder of Virginia Tech tickets distributedAfter many students did not receive a ticket in the first and second ticket lotteries for the Packs’ football game against Virginia Tech on Saturday, the remaining tickets were available for distribution on Wednesday afternoon. Starting at 4:30, students with an ID were able to pick up the leftover tickets.

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ATHLETIC SCHEDULE

Friday, October 1WOMEN’S SOCCER VS. NORTH CAROLINADail Soccer Stadium, 7 p.m.

MEN’S SOCCER VS. BOSTON COLLEGE Chestnut Hill, MA, 7 p.m.

VOLLEYBALL VS. FLORIDA STATEReynolds Coliseum, 7 p.m.

CROSS COUNTRY AT THE GREAT AMERICAN CROSS COUNTRY MEETWake Med Soccer Park, TBA

Saturday, October 2FOOTBALL VS. VIRGINIA TECHCarter Finley Stadium, 3:30 p.m.

MEN’S TENNIS AT THE ALL AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPSTulsa, OK, All day

WOMEN’S TENNIS AT THE ITA ALL-AMERICANPacific Palisades, CA, All Day

RIFLE AT SEARC 1Dahlonega, GA, TBA

VOLLEYBALL VS. MIAMIReynolds Coliseum, 1 p.m.

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Freshman bringing winning ways to N.C. State Cross Country with two first-place finishes in first two collegiate races

Kate ShefteSenior Staff Writer

In high school, no one could keep up with Laura Hoer. During her junior and senior years at T.C. Robertson High School in Asheville, N.C., she was the 2009 North Carolina 4-A champion, secured state championships in the 3200, 1600 and 1000 meter outdoor events and gradu-ated second in her class with a 5.0 GPA.

Despite this, Hoer had all but decided that the 2010 Outdoor Championships would be her swan song.

“I remember sitting in her house during a visit and she was talking about how it seems that a lot of people decide to run at this level and aren’t committed to it,” Laurie Henes, the Pack’s women’s cross coun-try coach, said. “If she was going to decide to do it at this level, she really wanted to commit to it.”

Hoer considered both options and almost called it quits. Even with her fam-ily’s history with the sport – her father ran cross country for a year at Bucknell Uni-versity and her mother has competed in marathons – she questioned whether running at the college level was the right choice for her.

“Essentially my whole

high school career, I told my-self I wasn’t going to run in col-lege,” Hoer said. “I thought it was going to be taken to a level that was too much. But my dad had always told me not to count it out as an option and I started get successful in the spring of my junior year. I’m really glad I chose [to keep racing.]”

Hoer’s coaches and team-mates are thrilled as well.

She trained with her future teammates over the summer in

Boulder, Colo. and settled into N.C. State in the fall.

“I wanted to be on the top squad, but I wasn’t expect-ing anything more than that,” Hoer said. “I essen-tially wanted to live out my freshman year as a fresh-man.”

But that wasn’t in the cards. At her first collegiate

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Hoer bursts out of the gate

Linebackers coach’s arrival has coincided with greatly improved defensive play

Cory Smith Staff Writer

As much of the rest of the de-fense did throughout most of 2009, the linebacker corps for N.C. State struggled a year ago. With senior linebacker Nate Irving unavailable while recuperating from a severe car accident before the season and players like then-redshirt freshman linebacker Terrell Manning seeing playing time early in their careers, the Wolfpack’s situation at lineback-er was anything but stable.

This year, it is a much different story on the defensive side of the ball for the 4-0 Pack. With many of the same players in the fold and defen-sive coordinator Mike Archer still calling the shots from the sidelines, the faces on the Wolfpack defense are largely the same – with one no-table addition. New to the defense is linebackers coach Jon Tenuta, who coach Tom O’Brien said has teamed up with an improved linebacking group in leading the turnaround.

“Jon is a good coach, I don’t think anyone is going to dispute that, or his ability to coach the linebackers,” O’Brien said. “I feel like he came into a good situation as well. Be-cause Nate [Irving] returned and he is a great player, and knock on wood he stays healthy. And redshirt junior Audie [Cole] and Terrell [Manning] have matured a lot and grown up

over the last year.”In Tenuta’s first four games coaching

the linebackers, the defense’s statistics are drastically better than they were a year ago. So far, State has given up 18.8 points per game just one season after allowing eight of 10 FBS opponents to put up 30 or more points. Through four games, the Pack has already tallied 14 sacks and forced nine turnovers – which puts it on pace to nearly double its 2009

totals in those categories. Another big statistical difference un-

der Tenuta has come on third down. In 2009, State allowed opponents to con-vert 44 percent of third down attempts. This year, Wolfpack opponents are converting on only 25 percent of third downs.

“We play faster when we are more ag-gressive,” O’Brien said. “I think [Tenu-ta] has helped us. The third down pack-

ages that we have put together through spring practices and during preseason have helped us. We might not always get a tackle for a loss or a sack, but if we get a hurry, the quarterback starts think-ing, ‘Which direction are they coming from next?’”

No position group has been more responsible for the big plays than the

FOOTBALL

Defense flourishing with Tenuta leading linebackers

BRENT KITCHEN/TECHNICIAN FILE PHOTORedshirt senior linebacker Nate Irving eyes Western Carolina quarterback Zack Jaynes before the snap during the team’s game at Carter-Finley Stadium Sept. 4. Wolfpack linebackers, led by Irving and linebackers coach Jon Tenuta, have helped the Pack hold opponents to 18.8 points per game this season.

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Megan Cyr has quickly made her presence felt in the Pack’s best start in years

Brent KitchenAgromeck Sports Editor

Adjusting to a new environ-ment is a challenge for all col-lege students coming to a new campus. The process forces students to adapt, and adapt quickly, to survive. Redshirt sophomore setter Megan Cyr has done just that and more in her first few months with Wolf-pack volleyball.

Cyr, a University of Colorado transfer, has been able to make the transition to starting set-ter at a Division 1 school seem seamless and easy.

“I thought it was going to be a lot harder at first,” Cyr said. “I didn’t know if there would be animosity among the team or anything. So I really didn’t know what to expect. But I am pleasantly surprised with how well we all mesh and how well we all get along on and off the court.”

But Cyr admits that having junior outside hitter Becah Fo-gle transfer with her has been crucial to her transition.

“I don‘t even know what I would do without Becah,” Cyr said. “I’m so happy we made the decision to go to the same school. It made me more com-fortable from the beginning. I was able to be myself and I was able to open up to the girls a lot quicker.”

Cyr came into a struggling

program with a new coach at a crucial time and has helped the Pack (11-4) to more wins than it had all of last season. She has led her team in assists every game.

“Everything is new [this year,]” Cyr said. “It’s not just the coaches. It helped because as a transfer I didn’t feel like I was the only new person. Ev-erybody was learning a new system of play, everyone was adjusting to the new coaching style, and I think it’s helped a lot.”

Her success hasn’t surprised coach Bryan Bunn, who said he knew she could play at this level since he saw her play in high school.

“I knew she was going to be good,” Bunn said. “We recruit-ed her when I was at Baylor so we expected her to be good for us.”

And natural talent isn’t the only thing helping Cyr succeed. Coming to State over the sum-mer allowed her to get accus-tomed to her teammates.

“Being here over the summer really helped,” Cyr said. “We had workouts everyday and we tried to hang out outside of volleyball. There was a sense of family before I got here so I was able to adjust into that.”

This familiarity with her teammates has also helped the team to improve in an area where it has struggled in years past--middle hitting.

“It completely changes how

Transfer’s immediate

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Women’s tennis duo heads west

Sandhya Nagaraj and Sanaa Bhambri will partcipate in the ITA All-American, which will get underway Saturday in Pacific Palisades, Calif. Nagaraj has completed two seasons with the Pack and the ITA has her ranked 55th nationally. She will open play in qualifying competition intending to advance to the main draw, which will begin Oct. 7. Bhambri, who was mentioned in the ITA’s preseason top-10 singles rankings, and Nagaraj combined to take the A Doubles title in the first action of the season, the UVA Fall Invitational.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY“We might

not always get a tackle for a loss or a sack, but if we get a hurry,

the quarterback starts thinking, ‘Which direc-tion are they coming from

next?’”football coach Tom O’Brien

BRENT KITCHEN / TECHNCIAN FILE PHOTOFreshman Laura Hoer races to the finish in the Wolfpack Invitational at the Wake Med Cross Country Course. Hoer won the women’s 5K, setting a course record of 17:00.8. N.C. State’s women’s team finished second in the event behind Richmond.